Ferguson Mayor Begged For National Guard Help Last Night, Request Denied (Video Interview)

By Josey Wales

Ferguson Mayor James Knowles told FOX 2 anchors late on Monday night that he had repeatedly requested the National Guard Monday night… But his requests were ignored.

“I know I’ve been on the phone in contact with the County Executive’s Office. I know he has requested. I am requesting. I’ve requested the National Guard troops to come out from their command post to help restore order along the business district. We have not seen that…

Those calls have gone unheeded at this point… We need to have the governor step up and give us the resources that he’s promised from the beginning. He said he would have a strong response. The resources necessary would be provided. They have not been provided so far.“

At least 25 structures were on fire during the night, as well as multiple cars. Nixon pre-positioned National Guard assets in the area ahead of the announcement. But, inexplicably, the Mayor of Ferguson was apparently ignored as he called for help to prevent the destruction of his city.

As I listened to the St Louis County Police Scanner last night, the chaos was intense. At one point firemen were called off a fire because shots fired endangered them. There were cops that were pinned down and making calls for emergency back up. I listened intently wondering where the national guard was, and when would they be called on to help bring the situation under control. It never happened.

Right now the St Louis County police scanner is still busy reporting shots fired, looters still looting and new fires still breaking out around the city. Mainstream media would like you to believe that Ferguson and surrounding communities are quiet this morning and maybe the worst is behind Ferguson, think again.

Just listen to this police scanner and you will be right in the middle of the action from the safety of your home. But it’s safe to say, nothing has changed from last night.

If the situation intensifies tonight will Jay Nixon allow the National Guard to step in and help defuse the situation or will the looting, Arson, and shootings be allowed to continue unabated?

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The Republican Lieutenant governor of Missouri today said he believes the state’s Democratic Governor, Jay Nixon, did not deploy National Guard troops to Ferguson to prevent the outbreak of violence because of pressure from the Obama administration to keep them away.

“Here’s my question that the governor must answer,” Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder said today. “Is the reason that the national guard was not in there is because the Obama administration and the Holder Justice Department leaned on you to keep them out?”

Kinder noted that the Guard had been sent to other locations in the region. “I cannot imagine any other reason why the governor who mobilized the National Guard would not have them in (to Ferguson) to stop this, before it started,” he said.

Indeed, there were reports Holder was not happy with Nixon’s efforts to display force and use the National Guard. From an article Friday in the Washington Post:

Holder also expressed concerns privately about Gov. Jay Nixon’s decision this week to declare a state of emergency at a news conference and activate the National Guard . . .

A top aide to Holder called the governor’s office earlier this week to express Holder’s displeasure and “frustration,” according to a Justice Department official.

“Instead of de-escalating the situation, the governor escalated it,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the subject. “He sent the wrong message. The tone of the press conference was counterproductive.”

Ferguson Mayor James Knowles last night said that the National Guard had not been deployed to Ferguson before – and even well after – violence erupted in the city, and that he could not even reach officials to get help. The failure to deploy the Guard appears in his view to have allowed violence to spiral out of control.

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